Performance Management 2013/14: March 2014

Sustainable Development Committee

Director of Social and Community Services Business Performance Community Education and Training

Business Plan Progress

• All Business Plan actions have been achieved. • 490 young people participated in Accredited Youth Awards. • The LEADER funded Youth Engagement Project completed. • 151 young people supported on National Training Programmes. • 65 young people supported through the Youth Employment Scotland Fund. • 40 employees have been, or are being, supported in SVQs in Health and Social Care. Business Performance Community Education and Training

Business Plan Progress

- High level of participation in community learning with 69 classes taking place and 561 learners attending, and a high demand for literacies and ‘English for Speakers of Other Languages’ (ESOL) support, with 93 learners accessing Adult Literacy and Numeracy provision and 47 accessing ESOL support.

- Redesign of HILLS programme completed.

- There were no formal complaints in relation to this service in March 2014. Heritage

- All Business Plan actions achieved, with the exception of the Historic Environment Strategy which has been superseded by a wider brief for the development of Archaeology (April 2014 Committee series).

- Lews Castle Museum and Archive content delivery: 90% of all text for Graphics Schedule written in both Gaelic and English and all images are now identified for use in galleries. Heritage (continued):

- **HLF Lews Castle Museum and Archive Project** working alongside the Lews Castle Grounds Project for consistency and synergies.

- **The ERDF Tasglann nan Eilean Siar** project which established the archive service ceased on 30 November 2013. The new post of Archivist is now part of the Heritage Team, with funding until March 2015.

- **The Udal Archaeology Project** was allocated 2 grants from Historic Scotland for the Udal post excavation analysis and the second for a post ex management assistant to be based in Uist. Heritage (continued):

- **Udal Archaeology (continued):** A workshop was held on 31 January 2014 at the Scottish Parliament building hosted by Alasdair Allan MSP to discuss further collaborative research between ecology, archaeology and climatology, and the proposed Archaeological and Environmental Research Centre in North Uist. This workshop was supported by HIE. A second workshop was organised in Uist in April 2014.

- There were no formal complaints in relation to this service in March 2014. Business Performance Cultural and Information Services (Libraries and Heritage)

Libraries

• A Bookbug Outreach Officer (Gaelic) has been appointed.

• Live Literature funding has been secured for the Faclan Sparks Festival and for the Summer Reading Challenge events 2014.

• Funding has been received from the Public Library Improvement Fund (PLIF) for staff training in new technologies.

• There were no formal complaints in relation to this service in March 2014. Business Performance Sport and Health

Business Plan Progress

Sport and Health

• 4/5 Business Plan actions on target. • Customer satisfaction work will continue in 2014/15. • Increase of 30,000 public attendances. • 7.1% increase in Slainte Mhath memberships. • Sports hub capital and revenue projects. • There were no formal complaints in relation to this service in March 2014.

# Development Department: Financial Performance

| Service | Total Budget £k | Actual Spend £k | Over/(under) spend £k | |-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| | Economic Development | 2,425 | 1,991 | (434) | | Energy Unit | 143 | 171 | 28 | | Planning Development | 321 | 269 | (52) | | **Total Development Department** | **2,889** | **2,431** | **(458)** |

# Social and Community Services Department: Financial Performance

| Service | Total Budget £k | Actual Spend £k | Over/(under) spend £k | |----------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| | Management & Administration | 44 | 27 | (17) | | Community Education & Learning | 1,214 | 1,189 | (25) | | Sport and Health Services | 1,217 | 1,144 | (73) | | Other Leisure Services | 203 | 194 | (9) | | Cultural & Information Services | 1,141 | 1,112 | (29) | | **Total** | **3,819** | **3,666** | **(153)** | | Trading Operation: Library Café | - | 13 | 13 | | IAS 19 adjustment | - | 7 | 7 | | Deficit prior to IAS 19 adjustment | - | 6 | 6 |

## Sustainable Development Committee: Overall Financial Performance

| Service | Total Budget £k | Actual Spend £k | Over/(under) spend £k | |----------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| | Development | 2,889 | 2,431 | (458) | | Social and Community Services | 3,819 | 3,666 | (153) | | Social and Community Services Trading Operations | - | 13 | 13 | | **Total Sustainable Development Committee** | **6,708** | **6,110** | **(598)** |